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UFC Primetime Returns!

UFC Primetime returns March 10th with the first episode of a three part series chronicling the road to UFC 111 for Dan Hardy and GSP.

Here’s the press release from Spike TV:

UFC PRIMETIME® GOES BEHIND-THE-SCENES FOR HIGHLY ANTICIPATED GEORGES ST-PIERRE vs. DAN HARDY MEGA-FIGHT

New Three-Part Series Premieres On Spike TV
Wednesday, March 10 At 10:00 PM ET

New York, NY, January 18, 2010 – In anticipation of their world welterweight title clash at UFC 111: ST-PIERRE vs. HARDY, UFC champion Georges St-Pierre and challenger Dan Hardy will be featured on UFC Primetime®, a weekly, three part series premiering Wednesday, March 10 at 10:00 PM ET/PT on Spike TV.

UFC Primetime, produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®), is a look into the lives of perhaps the world’s best pound for pound fighter, St-Pierre, and Hardy, the man looking to unseat him at the top of the welterweight ladder. As the two prepare for their meeting in late March, Spike TV will present three special weekly installments that will take viewers across the pond to Nottingham, England as Hardy trains with the rest of his Rough House team, and back to North America to Montreal to see how St-Pierre, one of the most beloved athletes in Canada, is preparing for his title defense. UFC Primetime delivers an extraordinary amount of access to two of mixed martial arts’ best, as they head into what could be the signature fight of 2010 at UFC 111.

Christopher Martello of Spike TV serves as executive in charge of production of UFC Primetime.

UFC 111 will air live on Pay-Per-View Saturday, March 27 from the Prudential Center, in Newark, NJ at 10:00 PM ET/ 7:00 PM PT.

The UFC Primetime series is great. Since the turnaround time on the episodes is so short you actually feel like your following the fighters. Believe it or not I watched the last Primetime (for the GSP/Penn fight) with my 58 year old mother an she loved it. It’s because of that series that she watched UFC 94.

The clash between the reserved and humble GSP and the brash and cocky Davis should make for entertaining television.

NFL

UFL Contract Includes NFL Escape Clause…

Wow, this contract includes a ton of red tape, huh? From PFT:

We’ve obtained a copy of the UFL’s “Standard Player Contract.” It’s a 25-page document, a length that becomes even more impressive when considering that none of the terms are negotiable.

Among other things, the document (and the memo to players and agents that we obtained on Wednesday) contains an “NFL Exemption,” which contemplates that players will have an opportunity to return to the NFL after November 28, 2009, the completion of the UFL season.

The UFL continues to admit that they are nothing but a developmental type league. This bodes well for them. Believe me, the best thing that they can do is admit that they aren’t challenging for the crown. They have seen what happens to proud (XFL) when they try to challenge the throne. Now, they should try to put together a marketing campaign that revolves around “See the NFL stars of tomorrow, Today.”

I’m awesome. Somone hire me.

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